Hair curler



Feb. 28, 1950 WEAVER 2,499,294

HAIR CURLER Filed March 21, 1947 INVEN TOR. w ill f7: Ma 2/67" BYoi fwPatented Feb. 28, 1950 HAIR CURLER Ruth K. Weaver, Chicago, Ill.,assignor to Gaylord Products, Incorporated, Chicago, Ill., a corporationof Delaware Application March 21, 1947, Serial No. 736,361

This invention relates to improvements in hair curlers, and is moreparticularly concerned with the provision of a hair curler in Whichalocking ball is pivotally connected to one end of a tubular body andmovable to extended position to serve as a handle to facilitate windinga lock of hair around the tubular body. After the hair has been woundaround the tubular body, the locking bail is adapted to be pivoted intoits locking position to secure the curl of hair against displacementfrom the tubular body.

The present-invention contemplates the provision of a hair curler havinga tubular open end, tapered body adapted to be simply and inexpensivelyformed from resilient sheet material, such as metal or plastic, andformed with apertures for the circulation of air to facilitate thedrying of moistened curls of hair wound around the body. In forming thehair curler body, opposite edges of a sheet are brought into abuttingengagement to provide a longitudinally extending clamping slot toreceive and engage the end of a lock of hair to be curled. In order toposition the end of a lock of hair within the longitudinally extendingclamping slot, a relatively short hairguiding slot is formed in the bodyand diametrically opposed with respect to the hair clamping slot.

This invention further contemplates the provision of a hair curler inwhich the forward end of the curler body is formed with diametricallyopposed notches adapted to receive the free end of the locking bail tosecure the latter in its hair clamping position.

This invention further contemplates the provision of a hair curler inwhich the ends of the locking bail extend transversely through slotsformed in diametrically opposed sides of the curler body, the ends ofthe locking bail being in crossed relation to coact with the walls ofthe slots to yieldably resist movement of the locking ball from eitherits extended or clamping position.

This invention embodies other novel features, details of constructionand arrangement of parts which are hereinafter set forth in thespecification and claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawingwherein:

Fig. 1 is a plan view illustrating a hair curler embodying features ofthis invention.

Fig. 2 is an end view of same. 7

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view showing the hair curler with the bailin its hair locking position.

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view showing the locking bail in itsextended position to serve as a handle during the hair curlingoperation.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the hair curler with thebail in its hair clamping position.

2 Claims. (Cl. 132--41) Referring now to the drawing for a betterunderstanding of this invention, the hair curler is shown as comprisinga tapered tubular body 8, open at its ends, and formed with a pluralityof apertures 9. The body 8 is preferably formed of resilient sheetmaterial, such as metal or plastic, which is blanked and formed to bringthe opposing Side edges of the blank into abutting relation to provide alongitudinally extending hair clamping slot l l. The forward end of thecurler body 8 is rounded at l2 to provide a converging entrance leadinginto the hair clamping slot l l. Diametrically opposed to the hairclamping slot H is provided a relatively short longitudinally extendinghair-guiding slot l3, the slot I 3 being formed to extend approximatelyhalf the working length of the body 8. The forward end of the body 8 isrounded at M to provide a converging entrance leading into thehair-guiding slot l3. To prevent overlapping of the side edges formingthe hair clamping slot H, a plurality of beads l6 are pressed downwardlyadjacent the back end I! of the curler body 8.

A locking bail l8, preferably formed of resilient wire, is formed with apair of pivot legs I9 and 2| which are mounted in diametrically opposedlongitudinally extending slots 22 formed in the body 8. As illustratedin Figs. 3, 4 and 5 the legs l9 and 2| cross each other and terminate inoffset end portions 23 and 24, respectively, to prevent displacement ofthe locking bail l8 from the curler body 8.

It will be noted that the pivot legs l9 and 2| are inclined toward theforward end of the curler body 8 when the locking bail I8 is in its hairlocking position, as illustrated in Fig. 5. By having the pivot legs l9and 2| inclined toward the forward end of the curler body 8, it will benoted that the pivot legs 19 and 2| serve to yieldably resist axialmovement of the bail l8 relative to the body 8. A pair of diametricallyopposed bail locking notches 28 are formed in the forward edge of thebody 8 to receive and engage the free end of the locking bail I8 whenthe latter is in its locking position. The back end ll of the curlerbody 8 is pressed inwardly at 21 adjacent each of the longitudinallyextending slots 22 in order to dispose the offset ends 23 below theouter surface of the body 8.

In the use of a curler'of the type shown and described, the end of alock of hair to be curled is first inserted into the guide slot 13 andthen into the hair clamping slot l I defined by the langitudinalabutting edges of the body 8. The lock of hair is then wound around thetapered curler body 8 and is secured thereon by moving the ball 8 fromits extended position, illustrated in Fig. 4, to its locking position,illustrated in Fig. 3.

During movement of the locking bail 18 from its extended position orlocking position, it will be noted that the pivot legs l9 and 2| coactwith the walls defining the longitudinally extending slots 22 toyieldably resist such movement. It will further be noted that the legs[9 and 2| incline toward the forward end of the curler body 8 toyieldably resist movement of the free end of the bail l8 into and out ofthe locking slots 26.

While this invention has been shown in but one form, it is obvious tothose skilled in the art that it is not so limited but is susceptible ofvarious changes and modifications without departing from the spirit andscope of the claimed invention.

I claim as my invention: I

1. In a hair curler, a tubular body formed of relatively thin resilientmaterial and being slit longitudinally to provide a pair of hairclamping edges normally disposed in abutting engagement and yieldablyresistant to movement out of abutting engagement by the insertion of alock of hair therebetween, one end of said tubular body hair guidingslot extending inwardly from the notched end and diametrically opposedto the slit defined by said hair clamping edges.

2. In a hair curler, a tubular body formed of relatively thin resilientmaterial and being slit longitudinally to provide a pair of hairclamping edges normally disposed in abutting engagement and yieldablyresistant to movement out of abutting engagement by the insertion of alook of hair therebetween, one end of said tubular body having a pair ofdiametrically opposed bearing apertures equidistantly spaced from saidhair clamping edges, the other end of said tubular body being formedwith diametrically opposed bail receiving notches, said bearingapertures and said bail receiving notches being arranged in a commonplane with the longitudinal axis of said tubular body, a loop hail ofresilient material having its one end journaled in said bearingapertures and its other end free to swing into and out of lockingengagement with the notched end of said tubular body, said loop bailbeing formed from a piece of resilient wire having each of its endsjournaled in said bearing apertures and extending transversely acrosssaid tubular body, the ends of said bail being crossed intermediatetheir ends adjacent the longitudinal axis of said body portion, saidbearing apertures being of greater length than width to receive andengage the ends of said bail whereby said bail acts to yieldably resistmovement from a common plane with the longitudinal axis of the tubularbody.

- RUTH K. WEAVER.

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